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Dielectric nanocavity concentrates light in a volume 12 times below the diffraction limit

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a nanostructure that compresses the light to become 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. This fundamental scientific breakthrough can be important for multiple fields, including energy-efficient computers and quantum ...

Oct 26, 2022

Using a nanotechnology-packed bubble to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have shown that they can detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the air by using a nanotechnology-packed bubble that spills its chemical contents like a broken piñata when encountering the virus.

Oct 25, 2022

COVID-causing virus in air detected with high-tech bubbles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have shown that they can detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the air by using a nanotechnology-packed bubble that spills its chemical contents like a broken piñata when encountering the virus.

Oct 25, 2022

Ultrasensitive Nano-Aptasensor to Detect Human Apolipoprotein

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An aptasensor is a class of biosensors in which the biological recognition element is a DNA or RNA aptamer. In an aptasensor, the aptamer recognizes the molecular target against which it was previously selected in vitro.

Oct 25, 2022

Chemical clues to the mystery of what's coating Stradivari's violins

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Stradivarius violins produce elegant music with a level of clarity that is unparalleled by modern instruments, according to some musicians. And it's the finishing touches—mysterious treatments applied hundreds of years ago by Antonio Stradiva...

Oct 25, 2022

MXene Material Made with Electromagnetic Shielding Powers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The advent of two-dimensional nanomaterials with modifiable surface properties, such as MXenes, has recently transformed the field of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding.

Oct 25, 2022

Researchers create first quasiparticle Bose-Einstein condensate

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicists have created the first Bose-Einstein condensate—the mysterious fifth state of matter—made from quasiparticles, entities that do not count as elementary particles but that can still have elementary-particle properties like charge and spi...

Oct 25, 2022

Small Organic Compounds Used for Carbon Nanostructures

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Small carbon-based structures are a practical and adaptable instrument that can be applied in a variety of fields, such as energy storage, gas and oil, water and wastewater treatment.

Oct 25, 2022

Miniaturized infrared detectors: Integration on a chip

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Extreme miniaturization of infrared (IR) detectors is critical for their integration into next-generation consumer electronics, wearables and ultra-small satellites. Thus far, however, IR detectors have relied on bulky (and expensive) materials an...

Oct 25, 2022

Chemical clues to the mystery of what's coating Stradivari's violins

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Stradivarius violins produce elegant music with a level of clarity that is unparalleled by modern instruments, according to some musicians. And it's the finishing touches -- mysterious treatments applied hundreds of years ago by Antonio Strad...

Oct 25, 2022

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